Corset-stay.



s. WBBER-MOGORMIGK.

CORSETY STAY. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11, 1908.

Patented (1ct. 24, 1911.

i arten Y SARA WEBER-Meconmox, or ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN, Assioma ro AMERICAN con- Y snr smar- OOMPANY, or PHOENIX, ARIZONA TERRITORY'.

CORSET-STAY.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Uct.. 2d, figli.

Application filed September 11, 1908. Serial No. 452,630.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, SARA WEBER-MCCOR- MIcK, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Royal Oak, in the county of Oakland and State of Michigan, have invented a-new and useful Corset-Stay, lof which the following is a specication.

My inventionrelates to improvements in Acorset-stays, the said improved stays being backward.; affording a sense of support and a relief from the depressing weight of garments and attachments depending from or attached to the waist-line, or corset below the waist.

My invention particularly relates to means for accomplishing these ends in the following simple, direct an@ easily adjustable manner, as illustrated "in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 illustrates a straight-line stay, one having its upper side perfectly straight, and without wings. Fig. 2 illustrates a curve-front, wing-back stay, showing also the relative direction (line n) in which the stay presses the abdomen. Fig. 3 illustrates the stay shown in Fig. 2 in position on the person, front view. Fig. 4 illustrates the stay shown in Fig. 2 in position on the person, back view. Fig. 5 illustrates the stay shown in Fig. l in position in a corset.-

Fig. 6 illustrates the stay shown in Fig. 2 in position in a corset.

Similar letters refer to similar parts, throughout the several views.

The stay is preferably made from closelywoven, hard-finish fabric (though any material suitable for such work may be. used) andfithe wide, lower-front o, quilted or otherwise thickened and stilfened, the.object being to have it serve as a comfortable, supporting pad. In Order to get the best effect, the stay should lie flat against the Fig. 5, but I curving, convex abdomen underneath the corset, and be adjustable, both across the abdomen below the navel, and at suitable points on the side or back, or both. This is accomplished by lacing across the abdomen through-*eyelets u in the end of the stay,

. and by having eyelets or other means of adjustment in the sides or back or both, which can be loosened or tightened at will in any suitable and convenient manner, as, for instance, lacing in eyelets o. In front, the stitfened stay-ends a are cut at such an angle or curve that when in position in the corset they diverge downward, permitting them when laced on the ligureto closely andv evenly follow and compress thedownward receding, diminishing abdominal curve, fa-

cilitating an equal upward and backward oblique lift of the abdominal contents. By curving the upper-edge of the lower-front, or pad o, a better t is obtained than with a straight upper-edge stay, (which, however, I have tried with good results) the curve also helping to keep said pad in position under strain. This isv an important feature, as the fit and efficiency of the stay depend upon proper curves and adjustments. At the back, the stays may be formed with winged extensions, as shown in Fig. 2, or without wings, as shown in 1. However, I prefer two or more equaliz-` ing wings or stays in the back, as these tend to more evenly distribute the draw.

There can'be wide latitude .in methods of attachment but the front of the stay should always be underneath 'the corset, separate, therefrom and independent thereof. The entire stay may be underneath, as shown in prefer it to pass through an opening ai 1n the corset, at or near the waist-line, as shown in Fig. 6, thus allowing the wearer to easily reach and adjust the stay in the back from the outside.

The effect; of the stay upon the abdomen is threefold.l It draws the abdominal fullness inward and upward from the thighs, upward from the pelvis and backward, toward the vertebrae, completely and perfectly sustaining the lower abdomen.

Corsets supplied with stays may be put on in the usual way and stays adjusted over the abdomen either before or after closing in front. The wearer will get superior results if she raises her lower abdomen with her hands While lacing the stays in front. 110

' built into a, corset in n greet variety ci She can then tighten lier corset lecings, end, finally, adjust stays at Asides or baci; or both, and readjust them in front it" necessary.

The stay may be fitted to, :attached to or .ve and different corset makers wiil, doubtless, favor different methods.

Having described my invention, what l' claim as new and desire to secure hy Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a corset, two coi'- set stays having lower., iront, slili'ened, nhdomen supporting, port-ions disposed oencath the lower front corner portions oi' the corset and thence extending diagonally upward and rearwardapproximately intersecting the waist-line etA the sides, seid stays having means, whereby the :t1-ont edges of said stifened abdomen supporting portions may be laced together, scid front edges diverging downward so .that when laced tsv gethcl' seid portions ciesely and evenly iollow and compress the downward receding, diminishing abdominal curve.7 facilitating an equal upward and backward oblique lift codecs diagonally upward and rearward approxi mately intersecting the Waist-line et the sides7 the upper rear portions of seid stays projecting through openings in the corset, seid stays being comparatively broad et their lower front portions and diminishing in width upward and rearward, seid lower front portions having doWn'wcrd-diverging front edges :ind means whereby seid downwerd-diveiging front edges may he laced together, and said upper rear projecting portions also having adjusting ineens, :xceessible 'from the outside of the. corset, es and for the purposes set forth;

SARA WEBER-MCGQRBHCK.

Witnesses i LAURA J. ROGERS, MAUDE T. EBLING. 

